Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

2,234 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.65/cwt -3.43 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 525 lb · 132 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.69/cwt -5.10 vs last sale · ≈ $749/hd at 582 lb · 89 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $136.17/cwt -7.18 vs last sale · ≈ $925/hd at 679 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,234	4,160	2,351
Feeder cattle	1,960	3,910	1,979
Slaughter cattle	224	126	287
Replacement cattle	50	124	85

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 6.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	276	4	160.00–172.50	$162.83	$449	+1.80
300–348	328	33	160.00–181.00	$170.28	$559	+5.77
350–353 fancy	352	3	180.00–182.00	$180.66	$636	—
355–398	380	38	152.00–179.00	$165.94	$631	-3.03
400–448	421	45	150.00–170.00	$164.04	$691	-3.37
450–496	472	59	150.00–170.00	$160.52	$758	-0.83
500–525 fancy	511	9	160.00–164.00	$161.11	$823	—
505–548	521	62	137.00–159.00	$150.90	$786	-6.09
560 fancy	560	4	164.00	$164.00	$918	—
550–598	574	49	132.00–159.00	$147.35	$846	-3.46
600–649	625	61	126.00–150.00	$137.93	$862	-7.29
652–693	679	84	126.00–141.00	$136.17	$925	-3.68
700–747	734	41	125.00–138.50	$134.08	$984	-1.22
750–795	759	10	125.00–131.00	$128.30	$974	-5.22
803–848	820	8	124.50–127.00	$125.47	$1,029	-5.63
840	840	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,000	-12.10
902–930	917	9	115.00–119.50	$116.47	$1,068	-1.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	338	11	125.00–145.00	$135.77	$459	-5.53
360–399	388	12	130.00–152.50	$144.96	$562	-0.82
405–430	423	10	135.00–145.00	$138.65	$586	-4.37
450–498	473	28	126.00–146.00	$138.02	$653	-7.45
500–546	528	34	124.00–146.00	$138.79	$733	-1.30
550–599	576	39	120.00–148.00	$135.17	$779	-5.32
607–626	620	12	123.00–126.50	$125.35	$777	-5.08
660–697	680	11	125.00–126.00	$125.44	$853	-7.26
775	775	7	127.00	$127.00	$984	+1.87
810–830	825	4	105.00–115.00	$107.45	$886	—
968	968	7	112.50	$112.50	$1,089	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557–573	568	9	116.00–125.00	$122.06	$693	+2.06

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	268	13	130.00–147.00	$141.21	$378	+3.18
300–343	317	13	135.00–142.00	$138.32	$438	-5.52
350–398	373	46	128.00–147.00	$140.29	$523	+1.88
404–448	430	58	125.00–147.00	$135.18	$581	+3.11
450–497	471	69	125.00–143.00	$133.03	$627	-1.45
500–548	525	132	121.00–140.00	$131.65	$691	-2.89
550–598	582	89	120.50–135.00	$128.69	$749	-5.10
602–641	619	45	112.00–131.00	$124.22	$769	-5.56
637 fancy	637	17	140.00	$140.00	$892	—
650–698	682	19	112.00–126.00	$117.43	$801	-13.02
718–749	732	22	108.00–136.00	$122.13	$894	-1.82
755–765	761	7	112.00–122.50	$117.33	$893	-12.72
810–835	824	7	114.50–120.00	$117.68	$970	-1.01
880	880	3	106.00	$106.00	$933	-3.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	3	141.00	$141.00	$385	+20.00
300–345	329	15	120.00–135.00	$126.82	$417	+0.70
360–398	383	24	115.00–138.00	$124.15	$475	+3.39
400–445	414	21	113.00–131.00	$123.47	$511	+4.39
450–495	472	29	115.00–129.00	$121.02	$571	+0.80
500–540	514	25	114.00–130.00	$121.70	$626	+0.05
550–593	575	33	115.00–130.00	$124.39	$715	+1.96
605–645	621	10	104.00–117.00	$110.14	$684	-10.09
650–695	684	10	112.00–120.00	$116.56	$797	+1.95
750–786	767	11	106.00–114.00	$111.67	$857	+7.67
810	810	3	109.00	$109.00	$883	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–398	389	10	150.00–166.00	$157.35	$612	+13.53
403–445	424	26	135.00–167.00	$153.36	$650	+10.63
450–499	479	36	133.00–157.00	$140.89	$675	+6.43
500–545	521	49	121.00–145.00	$136.87	$713	+5.40
550–597	568	43	120.00–145.00	$132.59	$753	+3.66
606–641	624	22	119.00–131.00	$125.67	$784	+6.10
660–695	675	8	107.00–120.00	$110.99	$749	-11.59
705–733	719	8	112.00–118.00	$114.65	$824	-0.23
755–795	784	5	100.00–105.00	$100.96	$792	-5.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–373	369	4	126.00–136.00	$128.41	$474	—
450–495	461	4	125.00	$125.00	$576	+1.50
515–525	523	4	120.00–121.00	$120.25	$629	+6.97
555–590	573	7	110.00–125.00	$117.55	$674	-2.45
600–620	615	4	113.00	$113.00	$695	+1.00
650–683	675	4	112.00–115.00	$114.28	$771	+2.79

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
889–1545	1186	80-85%	41	45.00–55.50	$50.31	$597	—
815–2365	1212	80-85%	75	32.00–47.00	$42.96	$521	-0.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1050	908	85-90%	15	21.00–30.00	$25.14	$228	-21.74
705–1375	1028	85-90%	27	30.00–41.00	$36.29	$373	+6.07

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1890	1432	75-80%	24	47.50–62.50	$54.23	$777	+8.08
1355–1915	1635	75-80%	2	45.00–45.50	$45.29	$740	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1380	1318	4	45.00–55.00	$49.84	$657	—
1165–1865	1465	6	55.00–67.00	$63.37	$928	—
1250–2285	1810	18	69.00–80.50	$76.03	$1,376	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1280	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	570.00–675.00	$632.96
1050–1375	1153	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	580.00–725.00	$685.82
1080–1435	1196	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	500.00–725.00	$599.17
1000–1385	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	550.00–970.00	$767.81
1010–1330	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	530.00–1,175.00	$747.35

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–970	911	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–810.00	$706.09
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	635.00	$635.00
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–700.00	$650.00	-525.00
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	+125.00
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	+447.50
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	+160.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.